Paulet Island
| Paulet Island | |
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 Paulet Island, December 2004 |
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| Elevation | 353 m (1,158 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 353 m (1,158 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 63°35′S 55°47′W / 63.583°S 55.783°W[1] |
| Geology | |
| Type | Cinder cone[1] |
| Last eruption | Unknown |
 Map of Graham Land, showing Paulet Island (10) |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 63°35′S 55°47′W / 63.583°S 55.783°W |
| Length | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Country | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Additional information | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Paulet Island is a circular island about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in diameter, lying 4.5 km (2.8 mi) south-east of Dundee Island, off the north-eastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. Because of its large penguin colony, it is a popular destination for sightseeing tours.
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Description [edit]
The island is composed of lava flows capped by a cinder cone with a small summit crater. Geothermal heat keeps parts of the island ice-free, and the youthful morphology of the volcano suggests that it was last active within the last 1,000 years.[1]
History [edit]
Paulet Island was discovered by a British expedition (1839–1843) under James Clark Ross and named by him for Captain the Right Honorable Lord George Paulet, Royal Navy. In 1903 during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition led by Otto Nordenskiöld his ship Antarctic was crushed and sunk by the ice off the coast of the island.
Important Bird Area [edit]
The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a very large breeding colony of about 100,000 pairs of Adélie Penguins. Other birds known to nest on the island include Imperial Shags, Snow Petrels and Kelp Gulls.[2]
Gallery [edit]
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Paulet Island (February 2007)
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Adelie penguin colony on Paulet Island
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "Paulet". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1900-041.
- ^ "Paulet Island". BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
Bibliography [edit]
- Antarctica. Sydney: Reader's Digest, 1985, pp. 152–159.
- Child, Jack. Antarctica and South American Geopolitics: Frozen Lebensraum. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988, pp. 69, 72.
- Lonely Planet, Antarctica: a Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit, Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet Publications, 1996, 302.
- Stewart, Andrew, Antarctica: An Encyclopedia. London: McFarland and Co., 1990 (2 volumes), p 752.
- U.S. National Science Foundation, Geographic Names of the Antarctic, Fred G. Alberts, ed. Washington: NSF, 1980.
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
External links [edit]
- More information about Paulet Island
- Picture of Paulet Island with thousands of Antarctic Penguins
- Another picture of Paulet Island
- Comprehensive Report about Paulet Island with a lot of pictures
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